Approaches in Writing a Critique

It claims that literary works contain intrinsic properties

and treat each work as a distinct work of art.

• Feminism

• Reader-response

• Formalist

• Marxist

It is a political, social, and economic theory, fathered by Karl Marx, that claims economics is the base on which the superstructure of social, political, and ideological realities are built.

• Feminist

• Reader-response

• Formalist

• Marxist

It posits the key to understanding a text is through the text itself: the historical context, the author, or any other external contexts are not necessary in interpreting the meaning.

• Feminist

• Reader-response

• Formalist

• Marxist

is a type of literary critique that judges the value of the Literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.

• Formalist

• Moralist

• Historical

• Marxist

It focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio-political, psychological, and economic oppression. It also reveals how aspects of our culture are patriarchal, i.e., how our culture views men as superior and women as inferior.

• Feminist

• Marxist

• Moralist

• Historical

It is concerned with the reviewer's reaction as an audience of a work.

• Historical

• Marxist

• Feminist

• Reader-response

It is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or

evaluation of works of literature.

• Critique

• Literary criticism

• Critic

• Criticize

It is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or

evaluation of works of literature.

• Critique

• Literary criticism

• Critic

• Criticize

This approach believes that readers are not passive and distant but are active consumers of the material presented to them.

 

• Historical approach

• Moralistic approach

• Reader-response

• Marxist analysis

It is concerned with "the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women.

• Marxist analysis

• Feminist criticism

• Moralistic approach

• Formalist